Satwiksairaj Rankireddy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Amalapuram, East Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh, India | 13 August 2000|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 77 kg (170 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Handedness | Right | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coach | Mathias Boe | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Highest ranking | 3(MD with Chirag Shetty, 20 June 2023) 19 (XD with Ashwini Ponnappa, 2 February 2021) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Current ranking | 3 (MD with Chirag Shetty, 20 June 2023) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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BWF profile |
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy (born 13 August 2000) is an Indian badminton player.[1][2] He and his partner, Chirag Shetty, are the only men's doubles pair from India to win BWF World Tour 1000 & be ranked inside the top 10 of the BWF World Ranking, with a career-high ranking of 3.[3]
Rankireddy hails from a town named Amalapuram in the state of Andhra Pradesh and started playing badminton after following in the footsteps of his father, who was a state-level player in the past, as well his elder brother. In 2014, he joined the Pullela Gopichand Academy in Hyderabad and decided to become a doubles specialist.[4]
In 2018, Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty played a crucial role in earning India a historic gold medal in the Mixed Team event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, where they also won the men's doubles silver.[5] They won their first BWF World Tour title in Hyderabad Open after beating the Indonesian pair of Akbar Bintang Cahyono and Muhammad Reza Pahlevi Isfahani in the final. [6]
In 2019, Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty became the first Indian doubles pair to win a BWF Superseries or BWF World Tour (Super 500+) title, when they won the Thailand Open title, beating the Chinese pair of Li Junhui and Liu Yuchen in the final.[7] They followed it up with a runner-up finish at the 2019 French Open, where they lost in the final to the Indonesian pair of Marcus Fernaldi Gideon and Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo.[8]
In 2021, Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty lost to the Indonesian duo of Mohammad Ahsan and Hendra Setiawan in the second round to crash out of the 2020 Yonex Thailand Open.[9] In July, he and Shetty competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, but were eliminated in the group stage, following a loss to Marcus Fernaldi Gideon and Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo. However, they were the only pair in the entire tournament who defeated eventual gold medalists Lee Yang and Wang Chi-Lin, whom they had narrowly beaten in their first group stage encounter.[10] In December, Rankireddy and Shetty qualified for the BWF World Tour Finals for the first time in their career, but withdrew from the tournament after a loss in their first group stage match to the Danish pair of Kim Astrup and Anders Skaarup Rasmussen.
In 2022, Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty started the year by winning India Open.[11] They were also part of India's Thomas Cup winning team. In the final, having lost the first game to the Indonesian duo of Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo and Mohammad Ahsan, they displayed immense perseverance and tenacity to win the second game and close out the third game at 21–19, giving India a 2–0 lead over Indonesia. This was pivotal in helping India bag its maiden Thomas Cup trophy.[12] Rankireddy and Shetty then won the men's doubles gold at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games, beating the home pair of Ben Lane and Sean Vendy in the final.[13] At the BWF World Championships, Rankireddy and Shetty won a bronze medal, India's first-ever men's doubles medal at the tournament. They beat defending champions Takuro Hoki and Yugo Kobayashi in the quarterfinals, but lost in the semi-finals to eventual champions Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik.[14] They then won their first ever BWF World Super 750 title in the French Open by beating Chinese Taipei pair Lu Ching-yao and Yang Po-han in the finals.[15]
Men's doubles
Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2022 | Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan |
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22–20, 18–21, 16–21 | ![]() |
Men's doubles
Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2023 | Sheikh Rashid Bin Hamdan Indoor Hall, Dubai, United Arab Emirates |
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16–21, 21–17, 21–19 | ![]() |
Men's doubles
Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2018 | Carrara Sports and Leisure Centre, Gold Coast, Australia |
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13–21, 16–21 | ![]() |
2022 | National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham, England | ![]() |
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21–15, 21–13 | ![]() |
The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[17] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour is divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, and the BWF Tour Super 100.[18]
Men's doubles
Year | Tournament | Level | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2018 | Hyderabad Open | Super 100 | ![]() |
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21–16, 21–14 | ![]() |
2018 | Syed Modi International | Super 300 | ![]() |
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11–21, 20–22 | ![]() |
2019 | Thailand Open | Super 500 | ![]() |
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21–19, 18–21, 21–18 | ![]() |
2019 | French Open | Super 750 | ![]() |
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18–21, 16–21 | ![]() |
2022 | India Open | Super 500 | ![]() |
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21–16, 26–24 | ![]() |
2022 | French Open | Super 750 | ![]() |
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21–13, 21–19 | ![]() |
2023 | Swiss Open | Super 300 | ![]() |
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21–19, 24–22 | ![]() |
2023 | Indonesia Open | Super 1000 | ![]() |
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21–17, 21–18 | ![]() |
Men's doubles
Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2016 | Mauritius International | ![]() |
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21–12, 21–16 | ![]() |
2016 | India International Series | ![]() |
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8–11, 11–5, 7–11, 11–8, 11–5 | ![]() |
2016 | Tata Open India International | ![]() |
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10–12, 11–9, 11–7, 11–5 | ![]() |
2016 | Bangladesh International | ![]() |
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17–21, 21–7, 21–8 | ![]() |
2017 | Vietnam International | ![]() |
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17–21, 21–9, 21–15 | ![]() |
2019 | Brazil International | ![]() |
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21–14, 21–18 | ![]() |
Mixed doubles
Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2015 | Tata Open India International | ![]() |
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21–13, 21–16 | ![]() |
2016 | Mauritius International | ![]() |
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21–19, 11–21, 21–17 | ![]() |
2016 | India International Series | ![]() |
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5–11, 11–8, 12–10, 11–8 | ![]() |
2016 | Bangladesh International | ![]() |
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21–12, 21–12 | ![]() |
Boys' doubles
Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2014 | India Junior International | ![]() |
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7–11, 10–11, 6-11 | ![]() |
2015 | India Junior International | ![]() |
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21–15, 21–17 | ![]() |
Men's doubles results with Chirag Shetty against Year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semifinalists, and Olympic quarterfinalists. Accurate as of 13 November 2022.[19]
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